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单词 distributive
释义 dis·trib·u·tive
I. \də̇ˈstribyəd.]iv, -yət]\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French distributif, from Late Latin distributivus, from Latin distributus (past participle of distribuere to distribute) + -ivus -ive — more at distribute
1. : of or relating to distribution: as
 a. : serving to divide and assign in portions : dealing a proper share to each of a group
  < serving both a collective and distributive function in the charity organization >
 b. : spreading out, covering, diffusing, or scattering more or less evenly over an area or throughout a space
  < you may interpret the word “salvation” in any way you like, and make it as diffuse and distributive, or as climacteric and integral a phenomenon as you please — William James >
 c. : engaged in or concerned with distribution especially of goods
  < the distributive and service trades >
  < he had founded the Ceylonese cooperative movement, which was to become the major distributive agency for foodstuffs in the island — Current Biography >
2. of a word : referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
 < each, every, either, neither, and none are distributive >
: referring to a single member of a group
 < which in “which one of the men” is distributive >
: expressing division of a group into smaller groups
 < the distributive Latin word bini “two by two” >
or individuals
 < the distributive Latin word singuli “one by one” >
3. : taken in its full extension — used of a term in logic
4. : producing the same element when operating on a whole as when operating on each part and collecting the results
 < multiplication is distributive relative to addition since a(b+c)=ab+ac >
dis·trib·u·tive·ness \-nə̇s\ noun -es
II. noun
(-s)
: a distributive word
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